Listener Preference for Height Channel Microphone Polar Patterns in Three-Dimensional Recording

Howie W, King R, Boerum M, Benson D, Han AJ. Listener Preference for Height Channel Microphone Polar Patterns in Three-Dimensional Recording. In: AES Convention 139. Audio Engineering Society; 2015. Paper 9419. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17975

@inproceedings{Howie2015_17975,
  author = {Howie, Will and King, Richard and Boerum, Matthew and Benson, David and Han, Alan Joosoo},
  title = {{Listener Preference for Height Channel Microphone Polar Patterns in Three-Dimensional Recording}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 139},
  note = {Paper 9419},
  year = {2015},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17975}
}

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AB  - A listening experiment was conducted to determine if a preference exists among three microphone polar patterns when recording height channels for three-dimensional music production. Seven-channel 3D recordings of four different musical instruments were made using five-channel surround microphone arrays, augmented with two Sennheiser MKH 800 Twin microphones as height channels. In a double-blind listening test, subjects were asked to rate different mixes of the same recordings based on preference. The independent variable element in these mixes was the polar pattern of the height channel microphones. Analysis of the results found that the vast majority of subjects showed no statistically significant preference for any one polar pattern.
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